Man charged in hammer attack released on bail

SHUBENACADIE — A man facing an attempted murder charge for a New Year’s Eve hammer attack is out of jail thanks to a $10,000 surety.

Paul Roderick Fowler, 44, allegedly hit Robin McConnell in the head with a hammer at a Hants County home on the evening of Dec. 31.

Fowler is also charged with assaulting his former partner, Nicole Fowler, who is believed to have tried to intervene, and faces charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, careless storage of five firearms and threatening to kill McConnell.

Police have said the alleged attack is connected to a domestic relationship and that there were two children in the house at the time.

Fowler, the former president of the Bacchus motorcycle club, was released on a long list of conditions, including a ban on weapons, drugs and alcohol.

He must abide by a curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. while staying at a Mineville residence and he must stay out of Nine Mile River, the community where the alleged offences happened. There is a list of people Fowler isn’t allowed to contact and he must also refrain from contact with an extensive list of motorcycle gangs.